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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18h

"We don't want our students to be harmed as we saw yesterday" Caroline Cheve, the general secretary of the FSU (the main education trade union) explains why teachers are supporting the student protests across France

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18h

In France teachers are out on the streets standing with their students, amplifying their protests & protecting them from police violence.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20h

Andrew Feinstein: "Palestinians must be the determiners of their own future, that its not for any of us outside of Palestine to determine that" 🎯

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20h

"If the way to make electoral gains.. is to effectively neutralise anything radical, then you have to raise the question, what is the value of those.. gains" On @novaramedia.com last night @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social gave his thoughts on the Green Party passing the 'zionism is racism' motion

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21h

@johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social : ".. Thatcher broken the link between pensions & earnings.. pensions are still £50 a week less.. than if the link with earnings had been maintained.. we should maintain the triple lock until we get the pension level back up to what it should be.."

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21h

Sophy Ridge: "We can talk now to Lord John McDonnell.." @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social : "I hope you didn't call me Lord John McDonnell then.." "I did, I'm sorry.. would you accept it if you were offered it?" "Of course not. I want to abolish the House of Lords"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21h

While the Israeli military invades a Palestinian university in the occupied West Bank to demolish a memorial to Palestinian students the IDF has previously murdered, here in the UK our political & media class focus on telling us the Green Party are the problem.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 21h

"The Israeli military has raided Birzeit university again in the occupied West Bank.. it then demolished a memorial dedicated to Palestinian students killed by the Israeli military" Nida' Ibrahim explains this is part of a wider attack on the national Palestinian identity.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h

Green MP Adrian Ramsay says he opposed the motion because it didn't align with green values & he cites the partys support for self determination If self-determination requires the dispossession & displacement of another people its not self determination, its ethnic cleansing & colonisation

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h

Kevin Maguire "[Archer] lied on oath about Monica Coghlan, who said he ruined her life. We mustn't forget that, because when she was in the witness box.. she was telling the truth, she was subjected to 2 days of incredibly fierce cross examination.. the judge sided with Archer.."

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h

@rmtunion.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social members who work on a number of North Sea platforms are on strike today as they defend their existing pay & terms & conditions. Rather than negotiate, the employer (Wood Group) has instead threatened to issue fire-and-rehire notices.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h

".. a 15 year old boy who had his hand blown off after picking up a police stun grenade.. 4,000 out of the 5,000 arrested are under the age of 18.. right now.. pictures being broadcast around the world of police firing tear gas at French children" #GMB

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h

".. we don't believe that racist states, genocidal states, should continue to exist as racist, genocidal states" Ashok Kumar on #C4News

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One from the archives (July 2023) "Is it representative of your impartiality to consistently call Israel an apartheid state?" "Its representative of the facts" ".. so you're.. saying Israel is a racist state?" "Yes" The head of Amnesty is clear. Israel is an apartheid state

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"We need to mobilise & secure a broad progressive majority in parliament to overcome resistance from the elites.." The Spanish PM explaining why he's called a general election.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

".. the occupied West Bank, where the Israeli military has raided Birzeit university. The soldiers stormed the campus.. with a bulldozer & military vehicles. They demolished a memorial dedicated to 40 Palestinian students killed by the Israeli military"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Adrian Ramsay: "I'm deeply saddened that this motion has passed. It doesn't reflect my view & I don't think it reflects long standing Green principles either. We've always supported a right to self determination.."

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ukrainian MP Goncharenko: "We definitely need peace.. we need to find a deal with Russia, we dont have any other option.. I support the plan of military defeat of Russia as the plan for peace but its not happening.. we need to have a plan to achieve peace through negotiation"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The 'Campaign Against Antisemitism' accuses the Greens of embracing a "Soviet antisemitic doctrine". Your regular reminder that the Campaign Against Antisemitism is a fake anti racist organisation that uses accusations of antisemitism to target/smear critics of Israel

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In July 2024 the ICJ found that Israel is an apartheid state, stating its legislation & measures constitute a breach of article 3 of the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Being banned by a genocidal apartheid state is an indication you're on the right side, I'd say.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Salma Yaqoob: "This is not about denigrating any people based on their faith, based on their identity. Zionism is a political ideology which insists on a supremacist approach"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Diana Buttu: "every one of these candidates is somebody who has supported Israels genocide.. the anti Netanyahu bloc is very much against him personally. They very much espouse his views, they just don't want him in office any longer" @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social on the Israeli election

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Russell Findlay is the Scottish [Conservative] party leader. He took them from second place to fifth at the last Holyrood elections. I'll be asking him what he plans do next" 🤣

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

LK asks Tice about the investigation Reform promised it would do Tice says its ongoing & boasts its independent LK: "who's doing it then?" Tice doesn't say LK asks again: "by who?" Tice: "by independent lawyers" I guess they go to another school!

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The secretary of state for justice was part of the last govt, which said it had to scrap the right to trial by jury in lots of cases in order to tackle the backlog in the court system. The current govt has announced its reversing those plans. Norris tries to explain that away.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Do you have to be white to be English?" That this is even being asked is a sign of how much racism has been legitimised by our media & politics over the last two decades

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Helen 'Don't encourage them, Jeremy' Lewis asks Baroness Jones of the Green party: "Is there such a thing as too much democracy in a party?"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"It doesn't matter whether they're earning £10,000 or £100,000.." Kemi Badenoch comes out in support of the principle of universalism (when it comes to child care free at the point of use). Now lets make the same argument for school meals & bus travel (for starters!)

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The secretary of state for Justice (an MP for Nottingham) rules out holding another Scottish independence referendum. He also says that voting on whether to be a member of the (European) Union is different to voting on whether to be a member of the union.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The secretary of state for justice is asked if the govts position is that if you build stuff in Manchester you're allowed to commit crime

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Helen Lewis asks the secretary of state for justice if arresting a 94 year old (with an OBE!) for holding up a placard is a good use of resources Norris defends arresting 94 year olds as terrorists for holding up a placard. Tell me again how Andy Burnhams govt represents change

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The panel on 'Sunday Morning' today. And I've included an old tweet by @tristandross.bsky.social because Helen Lewis is the host this week & I've never forgotten that either!

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rhun ap Iorwerth at the Plaid party conference: "We stand with the people of Gaza against the Israeli governments heinous genocide"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Its not just renters who lose out.. its taxpayers too. Over the next year, more than a third of the money the DWP will spend on housing benefit will go straight into the pocket of private landlords, subsidising their extortionate rents"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@zackpolanski.bsky.social at the Green Party conference with a message to the govt: "Deproscribe Palestine Action"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Andy Burnham on Sunday. Beths tweet yesterday.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Asked about the forthcoming motion on zionism, @rachelmillward.bsky.social rightly highlights the partys record in opposing Israels genocide, & she goes on to call on the UK govt to stop all trade with Israel. Absolutely. We all need to back boycott, divestment & sanctions.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Burnham.. is calling for greater control over water.. energy" Control not ownership "Hes also calling for electoral reform" After the next election "Hes calling for a tougher stance on Israel" He's not ending arms exports, isn't deproscribing PA, refuses to call it genocide

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@rachelmillward.bsky.social : "[Burnham] is not tackling extreme wealth inequality, so he's talking about the odd tinkering here & there but we need wealth taxes & rent controls" Rachel is right. Burnhams rhetoric is great, but you're not going to end 40 years of neoliberalism by tinkering

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Have the Greens peaked?" @rachelmillward.bsky.social : ".. what we've seen is that over this last year we've set the political agenda that now Burnham is picking up, and what we need to do now is hold his feet to the fire & make sure that he delivers & this isn't just rhetoric & warm words"

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Brighton Green councillor Nadia Barton Ahmad: "I don't think we would see Andy Burnham as the leader at the moment & I don't think we would have seen that kind of speech from him if it wasn't for the Greens" Indisputable.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Take this one motion, zionism is racism. Is it antisemitic & racist if critics say it is?" No, its not antisemitic to say that zionism is racism, and yes, zionism is racism.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Govt minister Keir Mather is asked about record diesel prices. He says: ".. I want to reassure people that they can still go to the pumps and fill up with diesel because the supply that we have to the UK is inherently resilient" They can't if they can't afford it.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"In France schools are being blockaded as a nationwide student protest gains momentum.. high school students demand that authorities address overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages & crumbling infrastructure. The demonstrations coincide with a public sector strike.."

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Govt minister Keir Mather says that under the triple lock the state pension will increase by thousands of pounds every year. But don't worry, he's not a black socialist so no-one will make a fuss.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Greens are proposing rent controls. Naga Munchetty to @rachelmillward.bsky.social (in so many words), won't somebody please think of the landlords?

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"We're facing extreme housing costs, rents have just spiralling out of control for a long time now" @rachelmillward.bsky.social explains why the Greens are proposing rent controls.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Palestinian citizens of Israel are really treated as third class citizens in a variety of ways, but primarily because they.. are not Jewish and Israel is set up as a Jewish state" Associate professor Ziad Abu Rish on Palestinian political parties & politicians being banned.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

".. to help holidaymakers with the cost of living" Welcome of course, but (more) tweaking. It reminds me of Chris Leslie saying Labour lost in 2015 because "its the Which magazine strata of society we didn't understand.. consumers who want to be able to get a good deal"

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